Travel – Michael Hussey Blog

Kejda and I recently returned from ten days in Costa Rica. For the majority of the trip, we stayed at a resort named Rancho Pacifico, in the coastal town of Uvita. While Kejda was not a fan of the capital city of San Jose, just about everything at Rancho Pacifico was awesome.

Here some of the photos I enjoyed taking. Click the photo for the full resolution images.

View from the Rancho Pacifico Dining Terrace — Looking down on The Whale's Tail at Playa Uvita -- taken from the dining terrace at Rancho Pacifico.

Rancho Pacifico - Luxury Villa — This is where Dan and Sarah, a newlywed couple we were lucky enough to meet and spend time with, stayed for their seven days at Rancho Pacifico.

The Rancho Pacifico Spa -- Overlooking Playa Uvita, Costa Rica — This was Kejda's view as she enjoyed a hot rocks massage at the Rancho Pacifico spa.

Rancho Pacifico Waterfall — On the property of the luxury resort Rancho Pacifico is a one kilometer hiking trail which loops down to an amazing waterfall on the Cortezal River (Rio Cortezal).

Rancho Pacifico Waterfall - Rio Cortezal — A worthy reward for a challenging hike down from the Rancho Pacifico resort.

Enjoying the waterfall at Rancho Pacifico — Enjoying the waterfall

On the Whale's Tail - Playa Uvita, Costa Rica

Vultures feasting on the rocks at Playa Piñuela

The amazing pizza at Piccola Italia in Uvita, Costa Rica — A slice of pizza from Piccolo Italia. For our money, this pizza was better than any pizza we've ever tasted in our hometown of New York City. Seriously amazing. The owner, Marcello Sauda, is originally from Brescia, Italy -- and now lives with his family close to the wonderful beaches of Uvita.

Kejda and I just returned from Albania, where we spent two weeks visiting her family and touring the southern half of the country. We keep a separate blog dedicated to our Albanian trips, where we’ll soon describe our daily activities in greater depth.

For my birthday, I bought myself a Gigapan robot it is safe to say I am slightly obsessed with it. What is the Gigapan?

The GigaPan Epic and Epic 100 make it easy to capture incredibly detailed images and works seamlessly with the GigaPan Stitcher and GigaPan.org. The Epic allows your camera to take tens, hundreds or even thousands of photos. These images are combined into a single gigapixel panorama by the GigaPan Stitcher. You can then view, share and explore the incredible detail of your panoramas at GigaPan.org.

Here are some of the panoramas we composed during the trip. Click the images to access the full resolution shots (some as large as 5,000 megabytes).